Dear Family & Friends,
“God is our strong refuge; he is truly our helper in times of trouble. For this reason we do not fear when the earth shakes, and the mountains tumble into the depths of the sea, when its waves crash and foam, and the mountains shake before the surging sea.” Psalm 46:1-3
There are certainly times in life that challenge our faith and those that give us cause to fear at least in the first moments. We recently have had a series of earthquakes in Taiwan. One of those being between 6 & 7 on the richter scale. It caused quite a bit of damage in the Hualien area especially with buildings that were not constructed as well as they should have been. There were people killed and injured and possibly some still trapped. You can certainly understand why people are fearful. It is scary at times when what is usually solid and secure rocks, shakes, and possibly tumbles. We who place our faith in Christ for eternity are able to endure these scary times on this earth, because we know that this life is temporary. Those that do not have a faith in Christ are often shaken to their core. Pray with us for those who have lost loved ones and property during this time. Pray as well for the opportunity for Christians to reach out to those that are hurting and despairing at this time.
We praise the Lord that we personally are safe and have not had any damage from the earthquakes. All of our Formosa Christian Mission and Team Expansion families and individuals are safe as well.
Cheryl’s pre-school outreach has been postponed until after Chinese New Year. There have been sick children and everyone is really busy at this time. Please continue to pray for this opportunity to meet people and share the gospel with them.
The first two meetings of John’s discipleship class has gone really well. The boys are remembering the lessons being taught. Please pray that they will be wiling to act upon the truth in these lessons.
We are beginning to make plans for our visit to the US this summer. We hope to visit several of our churches as well as get Andrew settled into to college. Please be praying with us about our schedule, a vehicle, and Andrew’s college choice.
Thank you for keeping us lifted up in prayer to the Father.
God Bless,
John & Cheryl
1. Please pray for those affected by the earthquakes and for people to be drawn to Christ through this.
2. Praise God for the safety of our mission family.
3. Please pray that after Chinese New Year there will be a good start to the pre-school class.
4. Please pray that the boys in the discipleship class will be drawn to Jesus more and more.
5. Please pray for our summer plans and for Andrew as he makes plans for college.
Posted on February 7th, 2018 by dunns
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